I've noticed that quite a lot of guys change their voices a bit when another guy shows up or calls. Like, I'll be talking to my boyfriend and the phone will ring and his voice deepens when he answers it. It's not really a mindfuck though because I'm pretty sure it's an evolutionary tic to assert dominance and so on. Still, it kinda baffles me because it doesn't matter if the guy's voice is already impossibly deep or if they're incredibly shy. I suppose the really confusing part is that they aren't aware they're doing it.

Also man-hugs. Are they actually enjoyable or just a motion of sorts. As in, is it the thought that counts in the end or is it even registering as something at all nice-feeling for lack of a better word? I'm awkward with hugs but I bet I'd be even more awkward if the involved mini handshakes and smacking backs.

Man hugs started because of momentum. We would be walking through a crowd and happen to see a friend walking in the other direction, then the incredible man-momentum would turn what was supposed to be a handshake into a weird hug where you grab the other guys back to keep from falling over. You both smile because it is awkward.

I do this, yup I do. My voice is considerably higher when I talk to women, superiors, and children and stuff. If my voice deepens when I talk to someone it's a sure sign that I think I'm higher than them on the totem pole.

Also, men are secretly really competitive. We're trying to lift ourselves up and undermine each other all the time. Most people don't acknowledge this, but I've spent a long time being fascinated by it.

Similarly to this, my boyfriend acts like a totally different person when certain other men are around. As though he feels like he's expected to maintain a certain level of manliness around others. He'll be significantly less affectionate and a lot more rowdy.

Let's just whip 'em out and measure 'em right here boys, end this charade. Amirite?

The whole thing with acting like a different person...in regards to men, family, friends, or anyone at all:

They aren't necessarily being fake or phony, it's just that everyone has many sides and layers and certain people bring out different aspects of you. Most commonly, the aspects that one particular person or group of people like the most are going to be the ones that shine when you're around them.

The man-hugs (or bro-hugs) are just our way of showing a bit more affection while keeping your "manhood" by not being affectionate with your buddies. You shake hands with acquaintances or just simply say bye, your buddies though? Gotta make sure they know you two are tight.

I know I do the opposite. I change my voice when I talk to girls, reason why is girls tend to take offense a lot more often, and I tend to say a lot of things that can easily be taken the wrong way. My guy friends know that about me, so I can just use my normal deep voice without worrying that they'll think I'm an asshole because I said something that they took the wrong way. With girls though, I noticed that changing the tone of my voice and making it slightly gentler makes what I say seem nicer. Nice is usually the way I mean when I talk, it just doesn't always come out like that.

Most men have more ass hair than women. It takes a while to clean it up. Plus, if you take a big shit, or have eaten spicy food the day before you need to wait a few minutes before you start wiping to let your rim cool down a bit.

As a man, this is also a mystery to me, if I take longer than two minutes then it means I've run into technical difficulties. Yet seems like everyone else takes like 10 minutes to do their business every time.

Barely related: Are women aware of poop boners? I mentioned this to a female housemate once and she was utterly shocked to learn of this, particularly after it was confirmed by my other male housemate.

A big enough poop will actually press on your prostate, which feels great, and so you get hard. The downside is then touching the inside of the bowl despite your best effort not to.

Agreed on that one. Can honestly say I have never had a shit press on my prostate, at least not in any kind of pleasurable way, certainly never gotten a boner on the toilet. The only pleasurable thing is the feeling of relief after a massive movement.

Men don't understand conversational questions. If my husband is talking about the dumb political shit that happens at his workplace, I'll ask, "What do you think they'll do about that?" or "What did whats-his-face say?" or "Did you say anything?" or "Why do you think that happened?"

When I talk about dumb stuff that happens at work, he just sits there and expects me to do all the work myself. It's frustrating because even though I find it boring, I listen to all of his stupid work talk and even help him through it and it feels like he's barely listening when I talk about my stupid work stuff.

Also, why can't men keep schedules? I swear my husband is incapable of remembering anything I have going on and I know his schedule better than he does.

A lot of the guys I have dated felt like they had to lie about their lives to impress me. I am not a big partier or anything, and when any of my bfs found out, they told me they didn't party or do drugs either. Then later, when we had broken up, I found out through mutual friends they did all that stuff while we were dating and lied to me about it! Just because I don't like to do certain things doesn't mean that I will get mad if you do! Being honest is way more important in the long run.

I don't try to impress, but I'm also a pretty heavy introvert and it makes me wonder if I'm being looked down upon because I choose to stay home and learn more about programming than spend time drinking with my friends.

On one hand, I like my friends, but I can't learn more about my passions if I spend time with them.

If I pursue my passions, my already small social life takes a hit.

I often wonder if my life in general is boring to other people. But I still tell the truth; I almost never have plans, and most of the time I'd rather be talking to whoever my current interest is. I'm interested for a reason!

I honestly think the volume of a sneeze is different person to person. My mother sneezes and it sounds like an 18 wheeler backing in to sheet metal. My brother sneezes and you won't notice unless you are looking at him when he does it.

The need to remain manly. We would be eating out and I decide to pay for the meal because I feel like it. But I have to let my boyfriend pay the bill in front of everyone. Then I can pay him once we are in the car.

3 male friends wouldn't use my sunscreen for face because it came a girly container. Instead they use a generic one and got sunblock in their eyes after it rubbed off in the pool. All three of them came in secret from each other to ask for sunscreen afterwards.

If you need/ want something from me, ask. If I am making a peanut butter and jelly, don't decline and then stare and sigh. When I ask if you are positive you don't want one, do not reply with "Naw... it's too much trouble" When I sit down with my sandwich, don't mention how good it looks or smells. I will get pissy, get up, make you a sandwich, thrust it into your hands, and stare you down when you say "Aww, thanks babe, you didn't have to!" Just respond "yes" the first time I ask.

Is your SO bedridden?! You have to stop falling for that old trick. The next time he gives you the hound dog routine, take a huge bite and moan at how delicious it is and just sit there and eat your damn sandwich.

This shit always shows up in these threads and it drives me nuts. It's not a gender thing AT ALL, and it's not just about being indecisive. Sometimes there is a lot to decide! Do we want somewhere good to sit down or just takeout? What things do I want that you may really not want? What do we want to spend? It's not indicative of expecting others to pick for me; often it's more that I don't have a strong preference and I'm offering you the chance in case you do. Does the asker really expect that the other person is coyly hiding a secret food obsession for the evening? Because that isn't usually the case...and the asker is probably asking because he/she doesn't know what to get either! Picking food isn't that easy and I don't see why it should be considered annoying that someone doesn't walk around with a definite food preference blaring in their mind at all times.

they're not shut down, they are probably thinking about what to do. i dont like to generalize, but being "action oriented" is a common male trait. they are figuring out what the next move should be given the situation.

a common male complain about women is exactly the opposite: "all women want to do is talk about a problem, but never actually do anything about it."

edit: I just wanted to say that I don't personally think that 'all women do is talk', just that it is a common male complaint.

I don't want to talk when I'm angry. I'll probably say something stupid or hurtful which I don't mean or haven't thought through, and that'll be a completely useless thing to do. We can discuss whatever issue when we're both calm.

Whelp, the way I see it I have two options. I can try to work it out in silence, or I can throw a tantrum. I choose the one that might actually lead to a decent solution as opposed to the one that will make things worse. Now, you might just say that it'd be fine to talk about it in a reasonable manner, but that is an option that is usually reached after trying to work it out in silence.

When this happens to me it's because I'm so pissed I'm geting an adrenaline response. If I feel that happening, I know I'm not going to be rational and whatever I say or do will likely escalate the situation or dig me a deeper hole. I don't want that. By pushing me to talk things out at that point, you're making it worse. Let me cool down and then I'll tell you all about my feelings.

Not to reinforce stereotypes, but I always figured that men's sex drives were usually exaggerated because it was funny or something. But then my guy friends talk about "gross" looking girls hitting on them, and how hard it was for them to turn them down when they offered sex.

That's funny because lately I've seen the women being the horny loud ones with the cat calls n shit. Like i had two friends that would name peoples butts. Like as a guy I'd point a girl out to a friend, might do it about the same girl a few times and I might say why. But its the women that get so riled up about it and excited. It's very strange.

When my boyfriend's birthday or Christmas approaches, I have no idea what to get him. I tell him to NOT buy anything for himself around this time as people need gift ideas for him. My boyfriend will sit and talk about the new game he wants/camera thing/whatever and I'll think "hmm, maybe that'd make a good present for him". The nest day he reveals he's ordered it for himself because he's too impatient. My boyfriend then complains about having no idea what he wants for his birthday!

This is why my boyfriend never gets surprises. I just ask him what he wants and get him that. My best friend has similar experiences with her boyfriend too and I really don't get it.

If men want something and it is in our power to get it, we will get it. If Assassin's Creed 3 just went on sale for 20 bucks, I'm not waiting a week so you can get it for my birthday; I want it now, so I'll get it now. If I really don't want to shell out 20 bucks and there is a guarantee that someone else will do it for me, I'll gladly let them. Men are impatient. If we want something, we will do our best to get it promptly.

When a female asks us "What are you thinking?" and we answer with "Nothing.", that means that a black hole has swallowed our thoughts and we are in fact thinking of nothing, or we're thinking about stupid stuff like how many grains of sand it would take to kill an elephant.

God yes. My girlfriend always asks me what I'm thinking about and I say nothing, because I am literally not thinking about anything. Every once in a while it's some weird shit like how fast I can kill everyone in the room or something like that.

For many (not all) men, not understanding the fear of personal violation the way many women feel it. I've recently had my rapist contact me and taunt me via facebook, then on Friday night I was robbed in a place I had always felt safe. I read news reports about random attacks in public, note the time, the place, the circumstance and picture how easily (or not) it could have been me.

My male friends have told me that I'm overreacting to the robbery, because nothing worse happened. I feel sick to my very core just that someone was able to get into my personal space like that because it COULD have been something worse.

Yeah this thought came to me as i was walking down a dark alley behind a woman. Obviously i wasn't trying to scare her, we were just walking in the same direction but i noticed how tense she was so i sped up to walk past her.

It must be weird to feel like you would lose a fight by default to half the population, especially when men might have to worry about violence but far less about sexual violence etc.

I admit I did not understand this until I went to a bar alone. A man started talking with me and acted more aggressive with each drink, while a woman wouldn't keep her hands off my rear end and publicly put my hands on her breasts (on the outside of her clothes). Not that I don't enjoy rubbing a good set, but it wasn't solicited at all and I was there to have a few drinks and play pool, not hit up the local women.

Afaik it's a unicode character so you can't use an alt code for it in windows by default.

You can:

Run charmap.exe from the start menu and scroll down to it (a pain)

Open MS word, type 2260 on the numpad then hit ctrl-x (also a pain) Now copy paste that here.

type not equals in google and then copy paste it here.

Just use =/= or != or <>

Alternatively you can go to the registry and allow hex input - HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Input Method/EnableHexNumpad := REG_SZ("1") This will let you enter hex codes if you prefix them with a plus sign (+) IF you do that you can hold down alt then type +2260 and it will work.

Edit: You can add this registry entry by going to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Input Method and then right click and add a string, "EnableHexNumpad". Set it's value to 1. Restart windows and now you should be able to type not equals with alt+2260 (hold down alt, press + and 2260 on the numpad). Alternatively go here and add the script to the registry by just double clicking on it (you can open the file in notepad if you think it's risky).

We say this as to not dissappoint you. You see us laying there next you and weve got this stern look on our face and you probably think, "Wow, he must be thinking something so deep" and then you ask us what were thinking and we say "I need to change the oil my truck".

Love that show. The best part is when they introduce the product that they're going to show, they have it rolling on a cart of sorts in some random location. "Hey Jim, how can we introduce the process of making carpets and highlight the product?" "Oh, I don't know Clarence, put one on a cart and roll it through a grassy field" See what I mean

Sometimes it's too difficult to reverse engineer our thought processes in words, and it's way too silly to explain what we're thinking. What we're thinking could also be very silly. See www.reddit.com/r/shittyaskscience. Imagine trying to explain those thoughts to you impromtu!

It doesn't have to be silly. We could be very idealistic, and trying to solve the world's problems in our head. That also feels silly to explain in detail. Saying nothing is much easier.

Sometimes I'll be thinking about things that are so inconsequential or random that it basically amounts to nothing. Example; in bed with SO Her: "what are you thinking about?" (I've just spent the past 5-10 minutes thinking about steak and conjuring up different grill marinades I'd like to try out) Me: "nothing really" Her: "Fine then dont tell me!" Me: "Ok, I was thinking about steak..." Her: "... ok whatever...."

How do they make cheeses of different viscosity? Is it all in the bacterial culture? Do they have to move cheeses to different temperatures at different times in order to manipulate the reactions? How many different kinds of cheese cultures are there? Is there a different one for each cheese? Do Africans make cheese?

Sometimes "nothing" is easier than "I'm staring at the bricks in that wall and thinking about how they were laid, how the best way to lay them would be, and remembering the times in my life when I've had to do things like that and how much I enjoy things like bricklaying."

I told my wife that sometimes when I'm home alone I will sometimes jerk off 2 to 3 times that day. She asks, "Are you really that horny?" and I explained that it has nothing to do with being horny and more about being bored. She understood. She's a good woman like that.

Is this really something that doesn't happen with women? The mind-going-blank thing? My ex-wife did it on occasion, but not nearly as often as me. I can fall into a stupor that pissed her off so bad sometimes.

I will often answer "nothing" because if I try to explain that I'm trying to work out exactly what the implications are of altering a minor detail in some member function of some class that I used to write the program I'm working on and ended up determining the various compiler restrictions I can exploit to enforce valid object states I would look crazy.

You're reading this sentence. You're vocalizing things in your mind. Okay, now what you need to do is stare at the asterisk below for 10 seconds. Do nothing but stare at this asterisk. Do not move your eyes. Do not vocalize any thoughts in your mind. Just focus on the asterisk. Do not let your mind wander. Just breathe in and out. Go.

Possible reasons: -I can't remember what I was thinking about. -My mind did go blank. -It was totally unrelated to our topic. -I know it won't interest you to hear about the new skill rotation I came up for my archer for a game you don't play/like.

In addition to thinking about sex, I'd like to add, guys tend to think of some really random stuff. For example, earlier I answered a question on here about whether a character from Street Fighter would be better suited for car sales or being a personal shopper. Such random/nonsense debates are fairly common among my male friends, and we have no problem discussing it with each other. However, it seems like that would be viewed negatively by many women.

Saying they aren't mad when they are. I feel like women get a bunch of shit for saying "I'm fine" or whatever, and while my husband doesn't do that, if he's mad he'll act like everything is ok until like 2 days later when I do something to set him off, THEN I hear about everything I've done in the past week to annoy him in the slightest. I love him but GEEZ just tell me right then so I'm not blindsided later.

And he is not the only guy I've ever known to do this, so I don't know why women get all the shit about it.

I can kind of understand that, even if it is a bit silly. When you're in that moment where something small has pissed you off, creating an argument or whining about it isn't going to help, so we just bite our tongue and forget about it 5 minutes later. But little things tend to become big things if you let them, so when we finally do decide to get mad, we've got a lot of things bottled up.

Why do you guys have so many goddamn pairs of socks? Once when I was cleaning my living room I found like FOUR pairs of socks (that's eight socks!) just chillin in random areas (on the back of the couch, under the couch, on the shelf etc).

Most women would not care to know what I'm thinking. It's usually something like "How can I solve that C exercise? Will this data structure work to solve the problem? My balls itch. I wonder how I'm gonna budget my money next paycheck. Man I could use a drink. What's up on reddit? I should really play through <x game> and clear some of my backlog... I hate getting up for work. Sucks that WiiConnect24 got shut down. I wish more consumers were DRM-savvy. What's the ladyfriend doing? Oh look, meme posts. Lulz time!"

So you know they're deep in thought, so why do you then interrupt their line of thought?! Even if he was thinking about something, you've just fucked it up, like trying to remember the dream you were having before you were startled awake.

Oh yeah! I'm not saying that's with every men. I've met plenty of nice and outgoing stranger guys! It's just sometimes. For example, just last week I'm walking down the street and a group of guys randomly want to start fight with another group of guys, who clearly said no and tried to walk away, until the guys from the aggressive group start headbutting and punching the guys who tried to walk away and I'm just like what the fuck. Why?!

EDIT: I've seen these sort of situations happen enough times to pinpoint douchebags. Unfortunately there are more than I'd like there to be.

I do this, but honestly, I just don't know what to say. I want to talk to you because I genuinely care about how your doing and w/e, but I don't know where to go from there. Being interested in things other people find boring doesn't help. For example, I like talking bout finance, stocks and bonds. Me and my buddy can talk about that shit for hours, but most of the girls I know don't like that stuff. They don't care. They'r nice enough to listen, but I feel like such a dick, going on and on about something I'm interested in when they obviously aren't interested in it. But they don't talk about what they are interested in, if they did, I'd try to show an interest. Man, I hate talking to people.

I find people are at their best when talking about something they're passionate about. Even if it doesn't really interest me, they're still usually more interesting than if they were trying to find stuff we supposedly have in common.

Text messaging is the worst medium for a conversation. There are a million things I'd rather be doing than staring at my phone, tapping out a message for what seems like an eternity when whatever it is could be spoken in 20 seconds.

My husband is OK with filth. He doesn't think he's filthy, but for one example that drives me crazy, he doesn't lift up extension cords when he vacuums. That's just one example. Wiping down countertops is a significant cleaning event for him. I could go on.

My motto is "the room isn't disorganized if you know where everything is". but as far as cleaning goes, I don't clean often, but when I do, I go ALL OUT. Move the furniture, sweep, mop, dust and I generally make sure that it is completely spotless.

I've often been told by the men I date that I emasculate them. A lot of them have tried to get me to be more feminine, to no avail. It's not that I can't, it's just that I don't feel comfortable that way. I was raised like a boy, and sports and steaks and pretty women make me happy. The way I see it, if you wanted a lady, you should've picked one from the start.

Also, when they say, "You're like a sexy bro/dude that I love fucking." What the fuck is that?

Yes, but wiping paper on the tip doesn't help because the urine is in the urethra. It dribbles out minutes later when your dick is fully warm and relaxed after the slight shock of exposure to air at the urinal.

There's nowhere for pee to stay on a penis like within the folds of a woman's vulva.

Most men don't know about the trick to lightly press on the base of the penis which causes it to come out naturally. Although kids are potty trained, urinals are (sadly) only in public without even stall walls for privacy and that's awkward. Even if dad knows the trick he likely won't pass it down.